Breana Noble The Detroit News Published 3:42 PM EST Dec 3, 2018 Local chapters of a grassroots civil rights organization led by the Rev. Al Sharpton are calling for a moratorium on tax abatements. In the wake of General Motors Co.'s restructuring announcement last week that would affect 14,300 workers and idle five North American plants, the Detroit and Michigan chapters of the National Action Network said they will focus their efforts on the city charter commission to ban property tax breaks for businesses. The groups' leaders say the incentives have led to too many broken promises and that the community needs to figure out a better way to attract investments that will benefit the entirety of Detroit. "Cities are being pimped and prostituted by corporations who've got billions of dollars in their coffers. It doesn't make any sense," said the Rev. Charles Williams II, president of the network's Michigan chapter. "I don't believe the city of Detroit should get on … [Read more...] about National Action Network seeks halt to Detroit tax abatements
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National action month on gender equality begins
Viet Nam News CẦN THƠ — The national action month on gender equality, with the theme of preventing violence and abuse against women and girls, was launched on Wednesday in the southern province of Cần Thơ. The opening ceremony was organised by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in coordination with the Cần Thơ City People’s Committee. As many as 800 students and local residents joined the ceremony. The national action month is organised across the country each year. This year, it will run from November 15 to December 15. Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyễn Thị Hà said Việt Nam had been recognised by international organisations as one of the countries that has made great achievements in gender equality, particularly in the fields of labour, employment, health care and education. The rate of female directors of enterprises was 27.8 per … [Read more...] about National action month on gender equality begins
Background on banned terrorist group National Action
News / UK and world by Press Association November 12, 2018, 1:45 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter National Action (NA) was founded as an organisation with a membership holding extreme views in August 2013 by Benjamin Raymond and Alex Davies. Davies was once quoted as saying “I don’t want to say what I’d do to Jews, it’s too extreme”, while Raymond had said: “There are non-whites and Jews in my country who all need to be exterminated”, adding he “loved Hitler”. The group’s logo borrowed heavily from that of the Second World War Nazi organisation the SA, the Sturmabteilung, who were more widely known as the Brown Shirts. NA was also known for its slick propaganda on social media, but also leaflets and stickers, with mottos such as “White Jihad” and “Britain is ours – the rest must go”. It had its own Strategy and Promotion document calling … [Read more...] about Background on banned terrorist group National Action
‘National Action member’ pictured dressed in Ku Klux Klan outfit holding baby son he named ‘Adolf’
A MAN accused of being a neo-Nazi terrorist allegedly posed for a picture dressed up in a Ku Klux Klan outfit while holding his baby son Adolf, a court heard today. Adam Thomas, 22, and his partner Claudia Patatas, 38, gave their child the middle name Adolf, which the court heard was in honour of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court were for the first time on Monday shown the image, along with another photo showing Thomas holding a swastika flag. Another image, allegedly showed Thomas at home in Banbury, Oxon, wearing a KKK robe while brandishing a machete in front of a Confederate American flag. Thomas and Patatas are on trial accused of being members of the far-right terrorist group National Action, which was banned in December 2016. Co-defendant Daniel Bogunovic, 27, of Leicester, is facing the same charge. A host of Nazi and far-right memorabilia, and National Action flags, badges and banners, were found at the couple's home. Jurors have also heard an … [Read more...] about ‘National Action member’ pictured dressed in Ku Klux Klan outfit holding baby son he named ‘Adolf’
Couple accused of joining banned far-right group National Action ‘named their newborn baby after Adolf Hitler’
A COUPLE accused of membership of a banned extreme far-right terrorist group named their baby after Adolf Hitler, a court heard today. Jurors heard Adam Thomas, 22, and his partner Claudia Patatas, 38, gave their child the middle name Adolf, which the prosecution alleged was in honour of the infamous Nazi leader. The Crown also claimed the couple were pictured at home with another man, a convicted racist and "vehement Nazi", who was holding a Swastika flag and performing a Hitler-style salute over their baby. Thomas and Patatas, both from Banbury, Oxfordshire, are on trial at Birmingham Crown Court accused of being members of the group National Action. Thomas also stands accused of a having a terrorist document, namely the Anarchist's Cookbook. Co-defendant Daniel Bogunovic, 27, from Leicester, is also in the dock facing the same membership charge. Opening the case, Barnaby Jameson, prosecuting, said all three defendants were alleged members of National Action - a group "so extreme and … [Read more...] about Couple accused of joining banned far-right group National Action ‘named their newborn baby after Adolf Hitler’